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GEORGE’S TALES OF THE WOODS LION HUNTING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA Her name was Vendla. Vendla Kivi Ajo. Try saying it: Ven-d-la Kee-vee-ah-ho. The Vendla has a little lift to it, and the Kivi Aho rolls off the tongue. Vendla Kivi Ajo! What a pleasure to speak it. It’s […]

RESERVATIONS “Have you ever been to Yosemite?” she asked. “Oh, yes, several times,” I replied. “Once when I was very young, but I don’t remember. My father says we camped there. But I’ve been there other times that I do remember. Once, right after World War II, I went skiing there with […]

GEORGE’S TALES OF THE WOODS In January , 2008 I was surfing the web looking for information on a sawmill named Pino Grande located some forty miles east of Auburn, California in the Sierra Nevada. To my delight I found a story by a John Barnhill telling about looking for old railroad bridges in […]